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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Wine Tasting for Dummies | Wine 101

Wine has
always been associated with class and style. And why not, it is one of the
drinks that instantly portrays elegance and grace but not all of us are very
sure about the nitty-gritty’s of the wine tasting/drinking. Until recently even
I was naive to wines but after a recent trip to a Vineyard and reading up a lot
online, I have come up with a cheat sheet. Of course these tips won’t make you
an expert but it would definitely help you not look like a beginner.

To begin with
let’s understand how the wines are named, the wine is named after the type of
grape and the fermentation that was used to make the wine. You just need to
find the few that you like and memorise the name for the next time. This way,
the next time you order, it would look like you know your wines.

The hold of
the glass is important, always told your wine glass at the end of the stem. Wine
is to be enjoyed at a certain temperature, if you don’t hold the glass at the
stem then your body heat may get transferred into the wine which can disturb
the wine.

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When having
wine, you need to remember these 5s!

Hold the
glass at eye level and tilt it slightly, look at the rim of the wine and try to
gauge the colour. The colour of the wine would tell you the age of the wine.

Red wines
tend to get lighter with age, so they will go from a dark dense colour to a
paler shade of red/brown. The white wine does the exact opposite; it goes from
clear to a deeper amber/gold colour.

You then
swirl the glass to add oxygen to it. This makes the wine lighter and gives more
aroma.

Smell the
wine and try to understand the various undertones and elements that it brings
out.

Take a sip.

Swirl it in
your mouth so as to taste all the flavour that the wine has to offer.

That’s all
you need to know to appear like you know you a little bit about wines. Drink
up! Get Drunk! Have an awesome evening!